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Message from the CNOs ....................................................................................................... 2Nursing Mission & Vision...................................................................................................... 3Transformaonal Leadership ............................................................................................. 4-5Employee Recognion .......................................................................................................... 6Nurses Week 2023 ................................................................................................................ 7Awards and Accreditaons .............................................................................................. 8-11Growth, Knowledge & Innovaon ................................................................................. 12-13Community Engagement ............................................................................................... 14-15System Demographics ................................................................................................... 16-17Quality & Paent Safety ..................................................................................................... 18Paent Experience .............................................................................................................. 19Empirical Outcomes ........................................................................................................... 201Table of ContentsCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers HealthEecve July 1, 2024, Community Healthcare System became Powers Health.This name for our integrated healthcare system is one with a deep tradion and commitment to Northwest Indiana. The new change reects the legacy of Community Healthcare System and its hospitals and health providers, as well as the future of healthcare delivery in our area.

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health2Message from the CNOsDear Nursing Colleagues,It is our privilege to present the Calendar Year 2023 Nursing Annual Report. This report demonstrates nurses’ dedicaon and hard work in promong a safe and welcoming environment for paents and each other in all four of our hospitals – Community Hospital in Munster; St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago; St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart; and Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center in Crown Point.Our nurses work as teams to collaborate, build on experiences and provide safe, ecient paent care. This work is completed through our interdisciplinary best-pracce approach throughout our system. In the pages ahead, you will see examples of nursing excellence and innovaon, including recognion for stroke care, maternal child services and chest pain care, as well as systemwide collaborave eorts in sepsis care, our nurse residency program and our high-tech simulaon labs. You also will see the high standards we set and achieve, as well as the appreciaon we show our nurses.Our commitment to recruit and maintain talented nurses is one of the top goals laid out in our strategic plan. We proudly share that Community Healthcare System earned the No. 1 spot on Forbes magazine’s 2023 list of America’s Best Employers for the state of Indiana, an honor based on employee feedback. Since we transioned to our new name – Powers Health – on July 1, 2024, we are eager to connue the tradion of care we are known for in Northwest Indiana, moving forward as four allies under one name. We will connue to elevate ourselves and each other through innovaon and exemplary professional pracce. With respect for the work you do,Nina Stur, RN Kim Sgouroudis, DNP, MSN, RN Ronda McKay, DNP, CNS, RN, NEA-BC Jean Gardner, MSN, RN(L-R): Nina Stur, CNO, St. Catherine Hospital; Kim Sgouroudis, CNO, St. Mary Medical Center; Ronda McKay, CNO, Community Hospital; Jean Gardner, CNO, Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center

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Mission:Community Healthcare System is commied to providing the highest quality care in the most cost-ecient manner, respecng the dignity of the individual, providing for the well-being of the community and serving the needs of all people, including the poor and disadvantaged. Community Healthcare System will become the prominent, integrated healthcare system in Northwest Indiana. Through integraon, the system will capitalize on opportunies to increase overall growth, improve operang eciency, and realize capital to beer serve our paents, physicians and employees.Vision:Extraordinary paent care is delivered through professional nursing pracce, innovaon, educaon and advocacy.Philosophy:The nurses of Powers Health (formerly Community Healthcare System) believe our mission is to use evidence-based research to foster opmal health and wellness by: • Focusing on a broad range of human experiences and responses to health and illness • Incorporang clinical data and informaon gained from the paent’s perspecve• Encouraging the paent’s and family’s parcipaon in health outcomes• Promong the caring relaonship between nurse and paent that facilitates health and healing• Applying leadership skills that are shared among the professional nursing sta• Integrang innovaon, collaboraon, accountability, respect and excellence in providing compassionate care consistent with our system’s mission Strategic Goals:• Aract and maintain the best people• Provide exceponal paent experience• Set highest standards in quality• Protect nancial stewardship Core Values:• Dignity• Stewardship• Compassionate Care• Quality• Community3Nursing Mission & VisionCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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4Transformaonal Leadership | Cered NursesCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers HealthCOMMUNITY HOSPITALAdriann Gillie, Mother Baby: CLC - Cered Lactaon CounselorAlexa Muro, CVOP: CCRN – Crical Care Registered Nurse, CSC - Cardiac Nurse CercaonAlli Strabavy, Cardiovascular Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseAlyssa Dzieciolowski, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseAmanda Schassburger, Cardiovascular Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseAmy O’Donnell, Neonatal: CLC - Cered Lactaon CounselorAngelica Guzman, Neonatal: CLC - Cered Lactaon CounselorAnnee Haney, Endoscopy: CGRN - Cered Gastroenterology Registered NurseAshley Demateo, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered Nurse, CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseBeth Byrd, Case Management: ACM - American Case Management Carla Meyer, Nursing Administraon: NEA-BC - Nurse Execuve Advanced CercaonCassandra Kepchar, Main OR: CNOR - Cered Perioperave NurseChrisna Lindsay, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseColete Lewandowski, Educaon: ANCC - Nursing Professional Development CercaonCorinne Djuric, Outpaent Wound: CWOCN - Cered Wound Ostomy and Connence NurseCynthia Delis, Nursing Administraon: SCRN – Stroke Cered Registered NurseDan Devries, Cardiovascular Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseDebbie Fiegle, Educaon: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseDebbie O’Neill, L&D: RNC - Registered Nurse CercaonDeborah Hillyard, Outpaent Wound: WCC - Wound Care CeredDerrick Haan, Main OR: CNOR - Cered Perioperave NurseElizabeth Fleszewski, IV Therapy: CRNI - Cered Registered Nurse Infusion, VA-BC Vascular AccessErin Starcevich, Med Surg - 4 South Renal: CMSRN - Cered Medical Surgical Registered NurseEve Dykstra, Outpaent Wound: Medsurg-BC - Medical Surgical Nursing Board CercateGerald “Max” Lucas, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseHannah Aulinskis, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseHeather Allen, Nursing Supervisor: CMSRN - Cered Medical Surgical Registered NurseHolly Paplomatas, L&D: RNC - Registered Nurse CercaonHope Robinson, Mother Baby: PMHNC - Perinatal Mental HealthJacob Atchison, ICU: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseJagoda Lucas, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN – Stroke Cered Registered Nurse, CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseJames Strain, Diabetes Center: CDCES, LDE Diabetes Care and EducaonJanice Schurman, Inpaent Wound: WOCN – Wound Ostomy and Connence NurseJill Conner, Nursing Administraon: ACCNS-AG-BC Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Adult Gerontology, CCRN – Crical Care Registered Nurse, SCRN – Stroke Cered Registered Nurse, NEA-BC Nurse Execuve AdvancedJulie Clouse, Med Surg: CMSRN - Cered Medical Surgical Registered NurseJulie Mans, Diabetes Center: CDCES, LDE Diabetes Care and EducaonKara Teresi, Emergency Department: SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse ExaminerKaren Parsons, Educaon: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseKathleen Nelson, Neuro IMCU: SCRN – Stroke Cered Registered NurseKatlin Knox, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseKelly Guendling, CSC: CNOR - Cered Perioperave NurseKoree Stokes, Neonatal: RNC-NIC – Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive Care & C-ELBW - Care of Extreamly Low Birth Weight NeonatalKrisna Kush, Mother Baby: CLC - Cered Lactaon CounselorLady Plasabas, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseLaura Dobkins, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseLaura Doeerl, Pediatrics: CPN - Cered Pediatric NurseLauren Adams, CSC: TCRN - Trauma Cered Registered NurseLaurie Lindley, Neonatal: RNC-LRN – Registered Nurse Cercaon Low Risk Neonatal & RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive CareLeigh Fleszewski, Outpaent Wound: WCC – Wound Care Cered, DWC - Diabec Wound CeredLindsay Waskiewicz, Endoscopy: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseLisa Schulp, Neonatal: RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive CareMary Campbell, Mother Baby: RNC-MNN - Maternal Newborn NursingMary Vancuren, Neonatal: RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive CareMary Vargas, Outpaent Wound: WCC - Wound Care CeredMary Wojkovich, Neonatal: RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive Care & C-ELBW - Care of Extremely Low Birth Weight NeonatalMegan Beard, L&D: RNC - Registered Nurse CercaonNina Pellicane, Neonatal: RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive CarePatrice Zagoa, L&D: RNC - Registered Nurse CercaonPatricia Almasy, IV Therapy: VA-BC Vascular AccessReyna Mink, Cardiovascular Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseRobin Castle, Mother Baby CLC - Cered Lactaon CounselorRonda McKay, Chief Nursing Ocer, NEA-BC: Nurse Execuve Advanced CercaonRyan Kilinski, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: CCRN – Crical Care Registered NurseSamantha Kranz, Med Surg - 4 South Renal: CMSRN - Cered Medical Surgical Registered NurseSamantha Larson, Neuroscience Crical Care Unit: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered Nurse

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health5Transformaonal Leadership | Cered Nurses ST. CATHERINE HOSPITALBrenda Grey, Nursing Administraon: ACNS-BC - Adult Carol Hebda, Educaon: Acute/Crical Care Nursing (Adult) Health Clinical Nurse Specialist James Erwin, Intervenonal Radiology: Vascular Access - Board CeredKelly Landek, Outpaent Oncology: OCN - Ocology Cered NurseMaryth Jones, Outpaent Oncology: OCN - Oncology Cered NurseTracy Toodle, Nursing Administraon: CDCES - Cered Diabetes Care and Educaon SpecialistVincent Liszewski, BHS: PMH-C - Psychiatric Mental Health Cercaon ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTERAbby Dunn, LDRP: CLC - Cered Lactaon Counselor Alexandrea N Nikollaj, Educaonal Services: Cered Diabetes Care and Educaon SpecialistAmber Kleist, LDRP: RNC-OB - Registered Nurse Cercaon -ObstetricsApril Schuer, Stroke Coordinator: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseCynthia L. Leyba, Inpaent Wound: Cered Wound Care NurseDebra Bastatos, Inpaent Wound: Cered Wound SpecialistEnida DeVaney, Emergency Department: SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse ExaminerHeidi R Koonce, Educaonal Services: Inpaent Obstetric NursingJennifer Iizuka, ICU: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseJolene Reese, IV Therapy: Cered Registered Nurse Infusion CRNIJosh Pool, ICU: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseKaitlin Vianello, Manager, Quality/Regulatory/Inpaent Wound - Quality-Cered Wound Care NurseKathy Santure, LDRP: RNC-OB - Registered Nurse Cercaon - Obstetrics; IBCLC- Internaonal Board of Lactaon ConsultantsKim Hoekstra, LDRP: RNC-OB - Registered Nurse Cercaon -ObstetricsLogan Theisen, ICU: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseMiguel Lopez, ICU: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseMonique Pezel, LDRP: RNC-OB - Registered Nurse Cercaon - Obstetrics; IBCLC- Internaonal Board of Lactaon ConsultantsPeter Rosenthal, Emergency Department: CRRN - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered NurseSara E Rhoades, Lactaon Center: Internaonal Board Cered Lactaon ConsultantSheila Davis, LDRP: RNC-OB - Registered Nurse Cercaon -Obstetrics, IBCLC - Internaonal Board of Lactaon ConsultantsCOMMUNITY STROKE & REHABILITATION CENTERAmanda K. Harris, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon Board Jacinda Dawn Hinten, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardJen Kulak, ARU: NE-BC, Nurse Execuve CercaonJoanna Rose Klocek, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardMichele Ferrell, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardMichelle R Aguilar, ARU: CRRN - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardNicole Marie Karrson, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardRebekah J. Howes, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardSamantha Grace Luzier, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon Board Tracey A Gilliana, RNCB - Cered Rehabilitaon Registered Nurse - Rehabilitaon Nursing Cercaon BoardSarah Kuipers, Emergency Department: SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse ExaminerSarah Schaaf, CSC: CPN - Cered Pediatric NurseSana Washington, Resource Team: CCRN - Crical Care Registered NurseSherry Mosier, Neuroscience Research: CNRN - Cered Neuroscience Registered Nurse, SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseShirley Washington, IV Therapy: CRNI - Cered Registered Nurse InfusionStephanie Vasquez, Neonatal: RNC-NIC - Registered Nurse Cercaon Neonatal Intensive CareTiany Havill, Neuro IMCU: SCRN - Stroke Cered Registered NurseTina Campbell, Diabetes Center: CDCES, LDE Diabetes Care and EducaonTina Zerebiny, CVOP: ECRN -Emergency Communicaons Registered Nurse; TNCC- Trauma Nursing Care Cercaon; ENPC - Emergency Nurse Pediatric CercaonTracy Kuhn, Emergency Department SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse ExaminerVictoria Castellano, L&D: RNC - Registered Nurse Cercaon

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COMMUNITY HOSPITAL RN Awards: • Clinical Excellence: Sarah Colias, Cardiac Rehab • Mentor: Julissa Marnez, IMCU West • Paent Experience: Hope Robinson, Perinatal Navigaon • Safety: Nina Pellicane, Neonatal (NICU) • Spirit: Renee Calinski, 4 North Caregiver Awards: • Clinical Excellence: Megan Laughlin, 6 West • Mentor: Megan Naranjo, 4 South Renal • Paent Excellence: Mary Zych, Emergency Department • Safety: Alana Boykin, 4 North • Spirit: Al Yumena, OncologyST. CATHERINE HOSPITALPaent Care Excellence Award • Mayra Abunusair, Emergency Department• Brianna Bell, Acute Rehab • Maryann Carrillo, Surgery • Renee Cortez, Surgery, Surgical Admissions Unit/PACU• Jackie Davalos-Garcia, Emergency Department • Precious Davis, 6 West• Jaime Fann, Surgery, Endoscopy • Susan Gries, Behavior Health Services• Jeanne Grish, Labor and Delivery• Chrisne Johnson, Acute Rehab • Chanel King, 6 West• Kimberly Leitelt, Labor and Delivery Nurses Week Honorees 2023:• LaTanya Louden, Intensive Care Unit• Bernice Morris, Outpaent Infusion• Cynthia Newlin, Surgery• Linda Omeze, Behavior Health Services• JR (Concepcion) Perez, Wound Care• Nathan Price, Wound Care• Anita Rivera, Intensive Care Unit• Ronda Rutledge-Suon, 5 West• Melissa Santostefano, Outpaent Infusion• Stephanie Wahl, 5 WestST. MARY MEDICAL CENTERNursing Pillar Awards: • Mother Teresa Award: Valerie McBride, RN, Acute Rehab • Pinch Hier Award: Enida DeVaney, RN, Emergency Department • Sunshine Award: Lisa Ellis, RN, Lake Park Surgery • Flower Award: Lisa Bailey, RN, Emergency Department • Bill Gates Award: Jaime Francis, RN, CVOP • MVP Award: Talonda Hollies, RN, PACUCOMMUNITY STROKE & REHABILITATION CENTER Nurse of the Year: Tiany Steinbeck Caregiver of the Year: Chloe Jackson 6Employee RecognionCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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America’s Best Employer in Hoosier State Community Healthcare System, now Powers Health, landed in the No. 1 spot on Forbes magazine’s 2023 list of America’s Best Employers in Indiana.“Community Healthcare System values, appreciates and respects every hardworking member of our team,” said Donald P. Fesko, President and CEO of Community Foundaon of Northwest Indiana, Inc., d/b/a Powers Health. To compile the list, Forbes teamed with research rm Stasta to survey 70,000 workers at companies with a minimum of 500 employees in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to the magazine’s website.Community Healthcare System outranked all 73 employers on the Hoosier list, including internaonally recognized companies such as Microso, Google, Marrio Internaonal and IBM.Fesko believes Community Healthcare System’s reless commitment to sta and paents is what landed the organizaon at the top in Indiana.“We believe in invesng in our employees by providing educaonal opportunies and fostering career advancement,” Fesko said. “Our goal as an employer is to have a happy, successful team of workers who delivers the best care to our paents across Northwest Indiana and beyond.”8Awards & AccreditaonsHospitals earn state accolades for infant and maternal health Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center again were recognized for their commitment to infant and maternal health.All three earned accolades from the Indiana Hospital Associaon (IHA), in partnership with Gov. Eric Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, MD, FACEP, at the fourth annual INspire Hospital of Disncon recognion ceremony.The Family Birthing Centers at Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart received the Hospital of Disncon Award. The Family Birthing Center at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago earned the Category of Excellence Award.The recognion is based on implementaon of best pracces in key areas, including infant safe sleep; breaseeding; tobacco prevenon and cessaon; perinatal substance use; obstetric hemorrhage; maternal hypertension; and social determinants of health. Hospitals aaining the INspire Hospital of Disncon award have met four or ve of the criteria categories. Hospitals achieving a Category of Excellence recognion have met criteria in one, two or three of the categories.Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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9Awards & AccreditaonsHospitals Earn High-Performing Accolades from U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report named St. Catherine Hospital as a 2024 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy). This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.St. Catherine Hospital is one of only six Indiana hospitals and the only in Northwest Indiana to earn a High Performing designaon in recognion of maternity care as measured by factors such as newborn complicaon rates.The hospital also was recognized for supporng Black maternal health by U.S. News & World Report for Black Maternal Health Week. Community Healthcare System’s Community Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center also recieved high-performing accolades. Community Hospital high-performing status in colon cancer surgery and treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma; kidney failure; stroke; heart failure; heart aack; and Chronic Obstrucve Pulmonary Disease (COPD). St. Mary Medical Center received high-performing status in treatment of heart failure; kidney failure; stroke; and COPD. St. Catherine Hospital received the same status for the treatment of heart failure.Chest Pain Center AccreditaonSpecialized cardiac emergency teams at the Chest Pain Centers of Community Healthcare System treat and stabilize heart aack paents from the rst point of contact when the chances of recovering are the greatest. The hospitals of Community Healthcare System – Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center – are fully accredited Chest Pain Centers either by the Joint Commission or the Society of Cardiovascular Paent Care.Hospitals earn Naonal Safe Sleep Cercaon Community Healthcare System was recognized by the Naonal Safe Sleep Hospital Cercaon Program for its commitment to best pracces and educaon on infant safe sleep. The program was created by Cribs for Kids®, an infant safe sleep organizaon dedicated to prevenng sleep-related deaths due to Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) and accidental suocaon. The hospitals are recognized for following safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and providing training for healthcare teams, and family caregivers. Awards & AccreditaonsCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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10Awards & AccreditaonsHospitals earn Gold Plus for Stroke Quality Achievement Awards The acute care hospitals of Community Healthcare System received the American Heart Associaon’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus achievement awards. The designaon means they have demonstrated commitment to following research-based guidelines for the treatment of stroke, ulmately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery mes and fewer readmissions to the hospital.Community Hospital in Munster; St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago; and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart achieved Gold Plus status and Target: Stroke℠ honor roll disncons for Stroke Elite and Type 2 Diabetes. Community Hospital also earned Target: Stroke Advanced Therapy accolades for the facilitaon of surgical intervenon for stroke paents. Get With The Guidelines puts to work the experse of the American Heart Associaon and American Stroke Associaon for hospitals naonwide, helping ensure paent care is aligned with the latest evidence- and research-based guidelines.Hospitals naonally recognized for stroke careCommunity Hospital, Northwest Indiana’s only accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, has earned recercaon and the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reects an organizaon’s commitment to providing exceponal care to paents who experience the most severe types of strokes.Community Hospital’s Comprehensive Stroke Center is supported by the Joint Commission cered Primary Stroke Centers at St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center. As a cered Comprehensive Stroke Center, Community Hospital teams are prepared to act within moments of a paent’s arrival for the most advanced neuro-intervenonal services. This higher level of care and management also allows the hospital to serve as the desnaon center for the most complex stroke paents.As part of the recercaon process for both Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Center status, each hospital underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review by the Joint Commission. During the visit, reviewers conducted observaons, interviews and evaluaons of each hospital’s compliance with Joint Commission cercaon standards.Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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Community Healthcare System earns NRC Health Excellence honor in 2023Community Healthcare System was honored by NRC Health with the 2023 Excellence in Paent Experience – Small Health System Award. This honor recognizes the top-performing hospitals and health systems in the naon for their excellence in delivering outstanding paent experiences across the connuum of care.We strive to provide exceponal care and comfort to paents at all of our hospitals and facilies,” said Alan Kumar, MD, chief operang ocer for Community Healthcare System. “We want everyone who comes through our door to feel welcome, comforted and taken care of. We want paents to feel like they are part of the family.” Winners are annually selected based on receipt of real-me paent feedback.First-place award recipients join an elite group of winners who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to improving the care experience, earning top sasfacon rangs from paents and their families. Winners are annually selected based on receipt of real-me paent feedback.Rehabilitaon Center earns 3-year accreditaon from CARF In 2023, Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center earned a three-year accreditaon from the Commission on Accreditaon of Rehabilitaon Facilies (CARF).Founded in 1966, CARF Internaonal is an independent, nonprot accreditor of health and human services, including medical rehabilitaon.Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center earned the three-year accreditaon for the inpaent rehabilitaon program and stroke specialty program. This is the rst CARF accreditaon for Community Stroke and Rehabilitaon Center, which opened in Crown Point in September 2019.St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart earned CARF’s three-year reaccreditaon in fall 2022.Rehabilitaon Center named one of ‘America’s Best’ in 2023 Community Healthcare System’s Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center is among the best physical rehabilitaon centers in the country, receiving the disncon of No. 2 in Indiana. The rang comes from Newsweek and Stasta Inc., an industry ranking provider.“We are honored to receive this acknowledgement that Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center is among the best in the country,” said Donald P. Fesko, CEO of Community Foundaon of Northwest Indiana, Inc., parent company of Community Healthcare System. “This validates the sta’s commitment to providing quality care to paents.”Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center oers inpaent physical, occupaonal and speech therapy rehabilitaon, learning skill spaces and therapy gyms. State-of-the-art rehabilitaon technology and equipment includes the Biodex Balance System™ and the ZeroG® Gait and Balance System.11Awards & AccreditaonsCommunity Healthcare System is now Powers Health

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health12Growth, Knowledge & InnovaonGraduate registered nurses face mulple challenges as they embark in their new profession. Some areas of concern include (a) role transion, (b) performance expectaons in a high-acuity environment with signicant technological advancements, and (c) an increased level of accountability regarding nursing quality indicators graduate nurses are not clinically prepared to meet the demands and expectaons in today’s healthcare environment. To foster retenon among new graduate nurses, it is vitally important to design and deploy iniaves that respond to and address workforce needs.Nursing sta at Community Healthcare System developed goals to establish competence, build condence and create loyalty among graduate nurses. The system’s Nurse Residency Program (NRP) was redeveloped with the addion of Simulaon Labs in all areas including Neuro, OBGYN and Medical/Surgical. Simulaon Labs allow sta the opportunity to provide hands-on learning in a variety of clinical scenarios using high-tech paent simulators. The addional of specialty simulaon has proven to support the graduate nurses as they transioned in the profession and enhance care to paents. “We can teach nurses so many things in a real-world seng that is more impacul than trying to do in a didacc course,” said Daniel Heredia, Registered Nurse and Manager of Educaonal Services at Community Hospital. The goal of the Simulaon Lab is to prepare, educate and foster crical thinking, said Jean Gardner, Director of Educaon for Community Healthcare System and Chief Nursing Ocer for Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center in Crown Point.Simulaon Laboratory provides nursing skills development to reduce nursing turnover2023 Turnover Compared to National and State Data0510152025Indiana DataNational DataCommunity Hospital St. CatherineHospital St. Mary Medical Center Community Stroke &Rehabilitation Center 13.718.317.319.6The Simulaon Lab oers real-world paent scenarios to help nurses train and gain condence in their skillsets.

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health13Growth, Knowledge & InnovaonCommunity Healthcare System and U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced funding for advanced imaging technology for life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital. The $1.5 million support is provided through a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administraon, a federal agency for improving access to healthcare services for people who are underinsured or medically vulnerable. As a disproporonate share healthcare facility, St. Catherine Hospital relies on public subsidies to help nance its important mission of caring for the community.The collaboraon with Rep. Mrvan is part of Community Healthcare System’s commitment at St. Catherine Hospital to providing advanced technology and services to East Chicago and the surrounding communies for nearly a century.Advanced technology expands with mulmillion-dollar investment for cardiac careU.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (L) tours the cardiac catheterizaon lab at St. Catherine Hospital as part of a federal funding program to improve access to care for medically vulnerable paents.Oncology Services to expand with groundbreaking in Crown PointIn 2023, teams broke ground for a new Cancer Care Center that will be built in Crown Point on the same campus as Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center at 10191 Broadway. This development will provide Lake County residents with quality care that is conveniently located close to home. Services will include cancer-focused physical therapy; advanced tesng and diagnosc services, including PET CT imaging; medical oncology; infusion therapy; and radiaon therapy, including a linear accelerator to treat tumors with pinpoint accuracy.This collaboraon with Northwest Cancer Centers will oer paent-centered care, clinical trials, genec counseling and nurse navigaon.

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health14Community EngagementProceeds from Nurses Week rae benet Cancer Resource CenterDuring Naonal Nurses Week in 2023, Community Hospital raised nearly $11,000 for the Cancer Resource Center (CRC) in Munster.To raise the $10,998, Community Hospital’s Paent Care Services sta raed themed baskets lled with fun and valuable prizes. The fundraiser’s proceeds were donated to the CRC to benet its free programs and services, which help people facing a cancer diagnosis as well as their families.Community Hospital’s Paent Care Services has been hosng the Nurses Week basket rae since 2008, raising nearly $300,000 total for the CRC.“Community Hospital’s nurses look forward to Nurses Week every year, and one of the reasons is the opportunity to raise money for the Cancer Resource Center and all the good it does for those in need,” said Ronda McKay, Community Hospital’s chief nursing ocer. “We are a top donor for the CRC, and we are so grateful to be able to give back.”Community Hospital’s annual Nurses Week rae raised nearly $11,000 beneng the Cancer Resource Center, which provides free support services to local cancer paents.Nurses support children in need during holidaysSta across Community Healthcare System gathered in a spirit of giving to ensure needy children in the community had gis to open during the holiday season. Employees donated toys, books, warm clothing in support of the eort, which beneed children of Community Healthcare System employees as well as the Salvaon Army Angel Tree program.Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center was one of the collecon sites for holiday gi donaons.Farmers market oers fresh, local produceA farmers market returned in summer 2023 to the grounds of St. Catherine Hospital, outside the north entrance of the hospital. The market oered fresh, locally grown produce and food products by Northwest Indiana farm-to-table vendors. The market, which was set up for ve days throughout the summer, also featured free nutrional health informaon, cooking demonstraons and wellness screening opportunies for members of the community.

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health16System DemographicsSystem hospitals celebrate nearly 200 years of serving Northwest IndianaIn April 2023, St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center marked 95 and 50 years, respecvely, and Community Hospital celebrated 50 years in September. Community Healthcare System’s fourth and newest hospital, Community Stroke & Rehabilitaon Center, will celebrate its ve-year anniversary in 2024.“Community Healthcare System is proud of the deep roots our hospitals have established in Northwest Indiana,” said Donald P. Fesko, President and CEO of Community Foundaon of Northwest Indiana, Inc.. “However, we are even prouder of the investments we have made throughout the decades to bring advanced medical care and highly skilled and compassionate physicians and sta to our communies.”Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center hit milestones in 2023 with a combined 195 years of service to communies throughout Northwest Indiana.A group poses for the 1970 groundbreaking of Community Hospital in Munster, which opened its doors in September 1973.The structure of St. Mary Medical Center takes shape in April 1972, a year before it welcomed its rst paents in Hobart.“Our goal as a healthcare system always has been to improve the health and quality of life for the paents who trust us with their care.”-Donald P. Fesko, President and CEO of Community Foundaon of Northwest Indiana, Inc.A single shovel in the ground marks the groundbreaking of St. Catherine Hospital, which opened in April 1928.

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Community Healthcare System is now Powers Health19Paent ExperiencePaent & Family Advisory Council provide a voice in careCommunity Healthcare System nurses play a key role in developing and maintaining strong Paent & Family Advisory Council (PFAC). PFAC oers paents and families the opportunity to partner and provide guidance on how to improve the paent-family experience. The goal of the PFAC is to create a more paent-centered approach to the care delivered every day. Engaging paents has shown to improve the quality and safety of the care delivered, lower the costs of care and reduce medical error.Our healthcare teams are commied to creang an environment where the needs of paents and families drive the healthcare experience. Through our Paent and Family Advisory Councils, our hospitals welcome paents or family members to join us and share their perspecves.PFAC members do not need any special qualicaons to be an adviser; however, they or their family members must have received services at the hospital within the last three years. Through their unique perspecve, advisers help shape changes to improve hospital quality and safety and enhance the overall paent and family experience at our hospitals. MyChart BedsidePaents at the hospitals of Community Healthcare System use an innovave app called MyChart Bedside as an added connecon to their care while in the hospital. By downloading the app to their personal tablets or phones, paents can use it to review menus, daily rounes, lab results, vital signs and informaon regarding their care team. Once at home, their MyChart Bedside informaon can be transferred to their regular MyChart account.Messages from paents can help improve care by allowing sta to address the paents’ concerns. The system oers a new level of communicaon that enhances care and encourages paents to stay involved in their care aer leaving the hospital.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%HCAHPS Inpatient Units:Nurse Always Communicated Well80%74%79%78%Indiana Average National AverageCommunity Stroke &Rehabilitation Center **from NRC patient experience dataCommunity HospitalSt. CatherineHospitalSt. Mary Medical Center

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